Cigar-mold



(No Model.)

' M. A. WINGET.

CIGAR MOLD;

No. 416,534. Patent-ed Dec. 3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION A. WVINGET, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CIGAR-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,534, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed July 23, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARION A. WINGET, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cups for Cigar-Molds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the. art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cups for cigar-molds; and it consists in amold which is formed of two parallel longitudinal pieces of wood, the grain of which extends at an angle in both pieces toward the center of the mold from one end to the other, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to form the mold of two pieces and so arrange the grain of the wood that the edges of the cup will not chip or break, as is always the case where the mold is formed from a single piece.

Figure l is aplan View of a cup which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection of the same.

A represents an ordinary cup for a cigarmold, and which, instead of being formed from a single piece of wood, is formed from two parallel longitudinal pieces B, both of which have the grain of the wood to run 0bliquely toward each other, as shown. The grain of the wood, extending obliquely toward the upper sharp edges of the cup, presents the strongest portion of the wood for the pur- $erial No. 3] 8,451. (No model.)

pose of forming edges which will not chip or break, as is the case where the cup is formed from a single piece of wood. Where one side of a block of wood formed from a single piece is scooped or hollowed out the edges of the cup are liable to break and chip off and thus cause irregular bunches to be formed. Should the cup not be properly placed in the mold, as is frequently done, the edges of the cup are chipped or broken, and then the mold is of little value.

Where the mold is formed from two separate parallel longitudinal blocks and the grain of the Wood is made to extend diagonally in both pieces toward the center of the mold, the edges are cut crosswise of the grain, and not with it, as must be done Where but a single block of wood is used. The top edges of each part may be hollowed out either before the two parts are placed together or afterward, as may .be preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A cup for a cigar-mold, formed of two longitudinal pieces of wood the grain of which extends diagonally in both pieces toward the center, and which pieces have their adjacent edges scooped or hollowed out, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MARION A. \VINGE'I.

itnesses:

FRED. H. ORoUGH'roN, W. A. MILEs. 

